Trauma Articles and Resources

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• Co-occurring Disorders
  
• Service Providers and Healing
  
• Trauma and Healing
  

Co-occurring Disorders (trauma, substance abuse and mental health concerns)

Creating Trauma Services for Women with Co-Occurring Disorders (August 2003)

Lessons from the SAMHSA Women with Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Disorders who have Histories of Violence Study by Dawn Jahn Moses, Nicholas Huntington, and Brandy D'Ambrosio, National Center on Family Homelessness (April 2004)

The Need for Integrated Counseling for Women with Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders and Trauma, SAMHSA News Release (December 1, 2004)

Nurturing Families Affected by Substance Abuse, Mental Illness and Trauma: A Parenting Curriculum for Women and Children (April 2002)

Promoting Economic Self-Sufficiency Among Women with Co- Occurring Disorders and Histories of Violence: PROTOTYPES Systems Change Center (May 2003)

Responding To The Needs Of Pregnant And Parenting Women With Substance Use Disorders In Philadelphia by the Women's Law Project
This article provides recommendations addressing gaps in Philadelphia services for pregnant and parenting women suffering from substance abuse disorders, with recognition of the interconnectedness of violence-induced trauma and behavioral problems.

Wisdom of Women: Peer Support for Women with Co-Occurring Disorders and Histories of Trauma (December 2001)

The Women, Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence Study (December 1, 2004)
PowerPoint and Study Fact Sheet
(See also Women, Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse)

The Women's Support & Empowerment Center: A Drop-In Center for Women Living With Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, and Trauma (November 2001)

Service Providers and Healing

Addressing Trauma: A Key to Recovery and to Systems Transformation by Andrea K. Blanch

Building Recovery Communities by Maxine Harris

Consumer/Survivor/Recovering Women: A Guide for Partnerships in Collaboration (November 2001)

Parenting Issues for Women with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders Who Have Histories of Trauma

Workshop on Culturally Appropriate Trauma Interventions

Trauma and Healing

Healing: A Transformational Process by Stephanie Covington (December 2, 2004)

Looking in the Mirror: Men and Recovery from Sexual Abuse by Jarad Platt for the National Center for Victims of Crime's Networks (Summer/Fall 2002)

The Relationship of Adverse Childhood Experiences to Adult Health by Vincent J. Felitti
An overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, a major American research project that poses the question of whether and how childhood experiences affect adult health

Understanding and Responding to Women Living with Self-Inflicted Violence (October 2003)